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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Wales · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Bridgend County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Bridgend website
8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Welsh Government / DataMapWales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Roskeare Heol Y Capel Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3ST
Received 8 May 2009Oak Tree Barn Hendre Road Pencoed CF35 6PU
Received 16 Sept 2015137 Heol Ty Gwyn Nantyffyllon Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0AT
Received 27 Jan 2010Bos Leisure 12 Marshfield Avenue Village Farm Ind Estate Pyle CF33 6RX
Received 14 May 201526 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend Cf31 3Nr
Received 25 Oct 200426 Dolnant Dderwen Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Aa
Received 13 Dec 2006Land at Ward Containers Ltd Horsefair Road Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3YN
Received 9 Aug 202130 Grove Road Bridgend CF31 3EF
Received 2 Sept 2009Land Adjacent To 3 Mill Lane Bridgend Cf31 4Jn
Received 23 Apr 2007Stormy Farm Pyle Bridgend CF33 4AA
Received 28 Nov 2012Plot 1 Caroline Avenue North Cornelly CF33 4LF
Received 5 Dec 201832 Chilcott Avenue Brynmenyn Industrial Estate Bridgend CF32 9RQ
Received 1 Feb 2010Bryntirion Junior School Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4JT
Received 6 Jul 2009Pentre Beili Farm Llangeinor Terrace Rear Lane And Access From Llangeinor Terr Lewistown Ogmore Vale CF32 7LT
Received 21 Oct 20153, 5, & 7 Tondu Road, Bridgend Cf31 4Ja
Received 23 Feb 20052 Iron Way Tondu Bridgend CF32 9BF
Received 30 Apr 20138 Bryn Melys Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DN
Received 13 Apr 2017The Paddock High Street Laleston CF32 0HL
Received 6 Oct 20239 Adare Street Bridgend CF31 1ET
Received 11 Apr 2019Nottage Court Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Te
Received 17 Jun 200541 Rockfields Porthcawl CF36 3NT
Received 17 Sept 2021Adj. Plot 5 Hendre Gardens Hendre Road Pencoed Cf35
Received 7 Mar 200610 Brynogwy Terrace Nantymoel CF32 7ST
Received 5 Jan 2016Aberbaiden Tips Aberbaiden Neath Port Talbot
Received 13 Mar 2008Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Wales differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Bridgend County Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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